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BR-CO-20: If Invoice line period (BG-26) is used, the Invoice line period start date…

fatal CII UBL

What this error means and how to fix it

An EN 16931 calculation or consistency rule: an amount or condition does not match the other values in the invoice — most often the totals chain (line net amounts → total without VAT → VAT → total with VAT → amount due). This is an error: the invoice is rejected until it is fixed.

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This error needs information only you have, so it is not repaired automatically. The free check shows every finding in the file with its location; if other errors in the same file are in the automatic set (totals, VAT breakdown, rounding, element order), the result page offers the corrected file for 9 €.

Rule text

[BR-CO-20]-If Invoice line period (BG-26) is used, the Invoice line period start date (BT-134) or the Invoice line period end date (BT-135) shall be filled, or both.
Where the rule is checked (XPath context and test)
SyntaxSeverityContext (XPath)Test (XPath)
EN16931-UBLfatalcac:InvoiceLine/cac:InvoicePeriod | cac:CreditNoteLine/cac:InvoicePeriodexists(cbc:StartDate) or exists(cbc:EndDate)
EN16931-CIIfatal//ram:SpecifiedLineTradeSettlement/ram:BillingSpecifiedPeriod(ram:StartDateTime) or (ram:EndDateTime)

Business terms referenced

BG-26, BT-134, BT-135

Related rules

BR-DE-TMP-32, BR-30

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UN/CEFACT CII syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

Source: EN 16931-1 Schematron, UBL syntax binding (ConnectingEurope/eInvoicing-EN16931, EUPL-1.2).

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